Dada Saheb Phalke Award carries a ‘Swarna Kamal’, a shawl and a cash prize of Rs. 2 Lakh. The award was introduced in 1969, and it was first given to actress Devika Rani.
1969: Devika Rani Roerich
1970: Birendra Nath Sircar
1971: Prithvi Raj Kapoor (Posthumously)
1972: Pankaj Mallick
1973: Sulochana (Rubi Myers)
1974: B.N. Reddi
1975: Dhiren Ganguli
1976: Kanan Devi
1977: Nitin Bose
1978: Ray Chandra (R.C.) Boral
1979: Sohrab Modi
1980: P. Jairaj
1981: Naushad Ali
1982: L.V. Prasad
1983: Durga Khote
1984: Satyajit Ray
1985: V. Shantaram
1986: B. Nagi Reddi
1987: Raj Kapoor
1988: Ashok Kumar
1989: Lata Mangeshkar
1990: Akkineni Nageshwar Rao
1991: Bhalji (Bhalchandra Govind) Pendharkar
1992: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
1993: Majrooh Sultanpuri
1994: Dilip Kumar
1995: Dr. Rajkumar
1996: Sivaji Ganesan
1997: Kavi Pradeep
1998: B.R. Chopra
1999: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
2000: Asha Bhonsle
2001: Yash Chopra
2002: Dev Anand
2003: Mrinal Sen
2004: Adoor Gopal Krishnan
2005: Braj Bhushan Chaturvedi
2006: Shyam Benegal
2007: Manna Dey
2008: V.K. Moorthy
2009: D. Rama Naidu
2010: K. Balachander
2011: Soumitra Chatterjee
2012: Praan Krishan Sikand
2013: Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra)
2014: Shashi Kapoor
2015: Manoj Kumar
